Falling After 9/11: Crisis in American Art and Literature

by Aimee Pozorski

Book Overview

Falling After 9/11 investigates the connections between violence, trauma, and aesthetics by exploring post 9/11 figures of falling in art and literature. From the perspective of trauma theory, Aimee Pozorski provides close readings of figures of falling in such exemplary American texts as Don DeLillo's novel, Falling Man, Diane Seuss's poem, "Falling Man," Jonathan Safran Foer's Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Fr d ric...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501319639
• ISBN13: 9781501319631
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"